On the up: Prostration retreats
On the down: Exhaustion

Eventually, I *will* complete 100,000 prostrations. For now, I'm just trying to get through 100 without feeling like my heart is about to implode.

What with David monkey doing 200 every day at KMP, I felt all inspired! energetic! raring to go!

(It's also terribly unfair that he only did them for a week and already he's thinner - I hate boys' ability to slim down so quick)

So today, I even bought my mat to work and just finished 50... and now feel like my heart is about to splatter all over my laptop! Evidently, I have a very long way to go before I am as fit as the eel-like pilgrims of Tibet who slide up and down their prostration boards like they're made of taffy.

Also, okay, okay, I confess that my motivation isn't entirely about gaining Bodhicitta and Enlightenment and emptiness. It is also a form of exercise because
a) I'm fed up being a blob
b) I saw all the cellulite on my thighs yesterday and had a fright
c) it can't be healthy sitting all day in the office without moving
d) there isn't time to drive back and forth to the gym

So. Hopefully there shall be some physical benefit and lots of spiritual gain. And soon I shall look fit and beautiful and spiritual enough to prance about a podium like good old naked red Vajrayogini.